Content strategy requirements: real or fake?
Content strategy is no stranger to change. A strategy must be ever-evolving to meet new business requirements. But how do you determine whether a requirement is real or fake?
Author: Bill Swallow
The DITA business case: Maximizing content value
Executive summary
Companies require content to support ever-increasing requirements, including:
- Delivering content in multiple formats
- Meeting compliance requirements
- Accelerating time to market
- Handling content variants
- Delivering translated content on a limited budget
This white paper describes the business justifications for investing in the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)—an open source XML standard—as a foundation for content management.
Full transcript of Content strategy pitfalls podcast: migration
Bill Swallow: Welcome to the Content Strategy Experts podcast, brought to you by Scriptorium. Since 1997, Scriptorium has helped companies manage, structure, organize and distribute content in an efficient way. In episode 33, we continue our occasional series on content strategy pitfalls. Our focus today is content migration. What are some common pitfalls you may encounter during content migration and how might the intrepid content strategists avoid or handle them?
Content strategy pitfalls podcast: migration
The next installment in an occasional series on how to avoid pitfalls in your content strategy.
In this podcast, Bill Swallow and Alan Pringle tackle the pitfalls that occur during content migration.
DITA adoption beyond product content
We usually think of DITA as a solution for product-focused content development. More specifically, it’s used for developing customer-facing technical documentation and training content. And, as marketing and technical content have converged to deliver a more unified product content experience, DITA has served that need as well.
But what about content needs beyond products?
Content strategy versus human nature
Implementing a content strategy is tricky. Technical issues bubble up to the surface as challenges, but those issues usually have direct solutions. The real elephant in the room isn’t technology; it’s human nature.
Full transcript of Content strategy and management consulting podcast
Alan Pringle: Welcome to the Content Strategy Experts podcast brought to you by Scriptorium. Since 1997, Scriptorium has helped companies manage, structure, organize and distribute content in an efficient way.
AP: In episode 28 we discuss our approach to content strategy, which draws heavily on management consulting principles.
Full transcript of You are not unique podcast
Welcome to The Content Strategy Experts podcast brought to you by Scriptorium. Since 1997, Scriptorium has helped companies manage, structure, organize and distribute content in an efficient way.
In episode 27, we discussed the myth of uniqueness, or, the “we are special” syndrome. Unique needs of published content are not always the best criteria for determining content processes.
Podcast: You are not unique
In this podcast, Bill and Alan discuss the myth of uniqueness; the unique needs of published content are not always the best criteria for determining content processes.
Full transcript of content strategy pitfalls: silos podcast
Sarah O’Keefe: Welcome to The Content Strategy Experts podcast brought to you by Scriptorium. Since 1997, Scriptorium has helped companies manage, structure, organize and distribute content in an efficient way.
In episode 26, we continue our series on content strategy pitfalls. What are the dangers that the intrepid content strategist must avoid as she navigates a complex project. In this episode, we’ll focus on the issue of silos.
